Exam 4 Chapter 19 Flashcards
What number is Wisconsin rated for incarceration for African American men?
Number one, we are the highest in incarceration rate for African American men ages 18-64 = 12.8%
What about the rate for incarceration for African American men in milwaukee county?
More than half of African American men (30-44 years) currently or previously incarcerated
What zip code in Milwaukee has nearly two thirds of African American men that have been incarcerated
53206
What are African American men usually incarcerated for?
Drugs, about 40% of them since 1960
Disparity
Unequal treatment of one group compared to others
Differential criminality - explanations of racial disparity
Crime rates are more strongly related to social problems like poverty, sing parent family, unemployment - shows no difference especially for drug use
Racist criminal justice system - explanations of racial disparity
Decisions work to the disadvantage of people of color - examples are sentencing, aggressive policing, arrests for drug crimes
Disenfranchisement in 2010
Felons not allowed to vote and so that about 5.85 million people and about 2.23 million people
How does the disenfranchisement in 2010 effect African American in Wisconsin?
In Wisconsin theirs about 78,500 African Americans who can’t vote and the rate of African American is 9 times greater than white of being disenfranchised
What other states have a lot of African Americans that are disenfranchised?
In several states such as FL, KY, VA have more than 20% of African Americans that ar disenfranchised but recently in Virginia there was some policy changes to make voting easier
Devah pager study
There was a huge difference based on race for white and black. Even with the criminal record background for both white got more job offers and with personal contact with employer
“Two strikes and you’re out”
Having a criminal background and your race - black
